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To do this evening/ was completed: Presented Snatch with no issues. The one hiccup was that the preshow playlist had a volume cue at the end of the playlist that was set for 8.0 on the sound processor. That cue either did not execute or was nullified because the volume stayed at 3.5. I turned the volume up to 8.0 but it was a bit too loud when music was playing in the film so I brought it down to 7. Sounded good. Took down Cry Macho and Card Counter  posters and marquee text. Put up Addams Family poster and marquee text, as well as No Time to Die poster. Ingested Wedding Banquet DCP. Presentation Issues: To my eye The Card Counter appeared less bright in Theater 7 than it did when I've watched it in other theaters.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets upda

To do this evening/ was completed: Please take Cry Macho and The Card Counter down from the front of the marquee and put up The Addams Family 2 . Letters are on the wooden shelf in 3/7. Take down the Cry Macho and Card Counter posters as well. Replace Card Counter with Addams Family 2 and replace Cry Macho with No Time to Die and a coming soon snipe. Both posters and a snipe are on the wood shelf in 3/7. Private blu-ray screening of Snatch in Theater 5. Ingest the DCP of The Wedding Banquet from the DCPII hard drive when the encode is finished. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I noticed the wrong DCP of Addams Family 2 was added to the playlist, the 7.1 Atmos file was added rather than the regular 7.1. We did not receive keys for the Atmos version so the playlist was showing a warning on the schedule. I ingested the regular 7.1 file, added it to the playlist, and deleted the Atmos version so everything is good to go. In theory we would be able to play the Atmos v

To do this evening/ was completed: Manual starts completed. Deleted Son of the White Mare  after its screening and ingested Bottle Rocket . Presentation Issues: Emily noticed one of the lights in theater 1 (closest to the MOD office entrance) was blinking and glowing brighter than usual. The issue ceased when the house lights went down for the start of trailers. Playlist paused itself before the last round in theater 2.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Placed letters on the front facing marquee for Titane and Venom 2 . Letters for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its showtime date were placed on the 14th street side marquee as well. Posters updated?: "Now Showing" snipes placed above Titane and  Ven

To do this evening/ was completed: Please put now showing snipes above Venom and Titane posters and add Venom 2 and Titane to the front of the marquee towards the end of the night. Manual starts: Second round Nowhere Inn , Theater 4; Third round Son of the White Mare , Theater 3 Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a playlist for the preshow for the private event tomorrow night. It has the generic Action preshow and cues at the end to switch the projector and sound inputs for blu-ray. Trailer Updates: Made a trailer pack specifically for Titane with the Benedetta teaser. Looked at the NewFest trailer on screen with Desmond, it's all set and goes live in Adult trailer packs tomorrow. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Got posters for C'mon C'mon , and a new Trail Mix drive. Ordering/Receiving (content): Got the drive for Bottle Rocket , holding off on ingesting it until Son of the White Mare can be deleted. Possessor

To do this evening/ was completed: Second round  Nowhere Inn  in Theater 4 and third round  Blue Bayou  in Theater 7 are manual starts. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a new Teen trailer pack for 10/7, I'll make new first run playlists with this pack on Thursday when some of our current show playlists can be deleted to avoid having too many duplicates. NewAllAges trailer pack for 10/1 Addams Family 2  first run added to feature playlist.   Scheduled everything from 10/1-10/6. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Venom 2  drive came in, it's been ingested and the show playlist has been made. The issues with the  Titane  DCP have been solved, the workaround Max came up with was to ingest from Eclair directly to theater 4's server, and then to send it from there to all the other houses. The result is that we have  Titane  loaded on every server, since it's not on the TMS.

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded keys for Night of The Living Dead but was unable to ingest. Decided not to restart TMS tonight. Should be ingested tomorrow morning. Likewise the new Trail Mix.  Presentation Issues: Channel 2 Lights stayed on in Theater 7 as the playlist transitioned to the feature, 6:15 showtime.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift):  Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Kept an eye on theater 2 as Will mentioned a sensor error. No issues during my checks. Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the new preshow clips which Kris uploaded and added them to all show playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I checked the content manager on the TMS rack to see if I could get anywhere with the  Titane  ingest, and I did notice that the CPL was still showing up on there even though it was deleted from the TMS web controls. I deleted it from there and tried ingesting it again but it still failed, so the issue lies a bit deeper in the system. I will look into this further with Max and possibly Jerry on Tuesday and give an update then, hopefully having successfully ingested the CPL. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes, added tracking for Venom 2 . It should be arriving on Tuesday, Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shif

To do this evening/ was completed: Received Josie & The Pussycats DVD, Jesse inquired as to whether we could make a DCP from it with subtitles.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned port glass windows in theaters 4 and 2.  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?:  Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Check house lights down cue for each show in Theater 7. Second round  Nowhere Inn  in Theater 4 and third round Blue Bayou in Theater 7 are manual starts. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Got this week's Trail Mix drive and ingested a new  West Side Story  trailer. Ordering/Receiving (content): The  Snatch  blu-ray for the private event next Thursday is being dropped off tonight, should be delivered to the MOD office. Titane has come through on Eclair Play but I'm having issues ingesting it. I'm corresponding with Max Cavanaugh about it and we should hopefully be able to resolve this soon. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Cleared several obsolete features from individual IMS servers, and made a schedule for what can be deleted tomorrow as well as later next week. Print/video Inspection: Teched the playlist for  Dear Evan Hansen , it's all

To do this evening/ was completed: Took down Language Lesson Poster and marquee text, replaced with The Nowhere Inn in both slots, as we received a poster for Nowhere this evening.  Presentation Issues: No presentation issues. Unplugged and replugged power to Sound Processor in Theater 1, no issues with sound afterward. Kept an eye on Theater 4 projection window, no fogging. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Nowhere Inn, Dune, Cry Macho, Many Saints of Newark. Snatch BR delivered to MOD, brought to 4/6 booth.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Yes Posters updated?: Yes Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Please keep up with the blogs for your closing shifts especially when there are special events. If you're logged in to Blogger with the prospectparkkdm gmail you should be able to access the projection blog and make posts. Please delete the Blue Bayou and Boyz N the Hood playlists and feature CPLs from Theater 3's server as soon as tonight's screenings end. They are not playing again in this house after tonight and the server is getting full. Last round Card Counter in Theater 7 is a manual start. After the last round starts tonight, add Dear Evan Hansen to the front of the marquee and put a now showing snipe above its poster. I pulled out the marquee letters, they're on the wood shelf in 3/7. Also take down Boyz n the Hood from the 14th street side and put up “Brunch Screening / Bottle Rocket / Sat & Sun 10/2-3” Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: NewFest was shooting intro

To do this evening/ was completed: Manual starts in Theater 7. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a new Adult trailer pack for 9/30, and made new first run show playlists for R features. Built The Nowhere Inn playlist. Scheduled everything for 9/24-30 except Son of the White Mare , Titane , and Venom 2 . Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia in Hi-Res. I went over the cable and projector setup with Jack and left the cables by the pew right next to the wall XLR inputs. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested The Nowhere Inn from Eclair. Reached out to Deluxe about Dear Evan Hansen keys, they said they should be releasing tonight. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Teched the Boyz n the Hood playlist, and also looked at the feature with Desmond. It's all set for tomorrow night. Looked at the Son of the White Mare DCP with Cristina, it looked/sounded good however I had the non-subtitled vers

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the  Boyz N the Hood  and  Dear Evan Hansen  playlists. Trailer Updates:  Special Events/ AV set up: I found the cable we used previously for recording the mic sound from Q&As in Booth 2, the last Q&A we had before closing must've been in there. It's a female XLR to 1/8" so we don't need the double female adapter. I brought it down to Booth 1 and connected it to the XLR cable from the rack. It's coiled on the shelf next to the wireless mics for future Q&As. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ingested a bunch of trailers for upcoming titles, added  The Last Duel  to the current adult pack in place of  The French Dispatch . Ordering/Receiving (content):  Boyz N the Hood  and  Dear Evan Hansen  drives are here. Outgoing/Shipping (content): UPS picked up the outgoing drives. Print/video Inspection:  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes, updated

To do this evening/ was completed: After the last round starts take Free Guy down from the front of the marquee and put up Cry Macho and Blue Bayou . Letters are on the lower shelf in 3/7. Also put a now showing snipe above the Cry Macho poster and replace the Free Guy poster with Blue Bayou . Manual starts in theater 1 and 2. Check on the house lights down cue in Theater 7. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the new NPP Forecast trailer and added it to first run playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Checked on the sound connection from the Shure microphone mixer on the Booth 1 rack to the camera. It works the way we had it set up, that is with the XLR cable that connects to the back of the rack, the double female XLR adapter, and the XLR to 1/8" cable, but the 1/8" has to be plugged into the input labeled "MIC" on the camera, was it plugged into the headphone jack last night? Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Got p

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Slight flickering in T5 due to the bulb needing servicing. Alec mentioned seeing the light change warning this morning. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Screening and Q&A for What Awaits Us  went smoothly, however, the audio configuration connected to the camera in the booth that was filming the panel of guests failed to properly record any audio from inside the auditorium. The wireless mics from booth 1 were used and all cues had been placed in the playlist to ensure we were receiving a signal from inside the auditorium. Anything audible was being picked up through the port glass window as the audience clapped or if guests spoke directly into the mic. The rest is white noise from the projector exhausts inside the booth. Alec kindly walked me through the cable connections but there is no discernible audio for us to use with the footage that was shot. I apologize for this mishap and will troub

To do this evening/ was completed: Please keep an eye on the lights in Theater 7 at the start of trailers. There is no longer a house lights down cue at the end of the trailer packs, so there is no chance of the side lights turning back on right before the start of the feature. It's best to check them from the booth, if the green light next to "Channel 2" on the wall mounted dimmer for Theater 7 stays lit after the house lights down cue fires at the beginning of the trailer pack, the side lights are still on and you should fire the cue again so the green light goes off. Once it goes off, that indicates the side lights in the theater have turned off. Shang-Chi  manual starts in Theater 2. Blue Bayou drive is coming tonight, please ingest it and build/schedule the playlist once it comes. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Made a playlist for the event in Theater 1 tonight with cues to switch the processor to the microphone setting for the intro and Q&A. Added

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Changed the preshow ahead of Shang-Chi from GenericAction to GenericNPP due to the use of some foul language in a clip from Heat . No guests complained but it might be better to stick with a lighter preshow as long as we have this film playing for younger audiences. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Private event next Tuesday was cancelled. Matthew sent the updated schedule and those changes were made on the cue sheets for the upcoming week. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: T6 critical light change alarm reported at 8:25PM this evening. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Fellowship of the Ring  letters taken down and replaced with Boyz N The Hood . The letters for the date were also changed to reflect the Wednesday 9/22 s

To do this evening/ was completed: Manual starts as marked on cue sheets. The only thing to note is the preshow for the Fellowship playlist is 31 minutes because of the NPP Forecast clip, so advance an extra minute into the preshow when you start it, playlist should end at 11:57. Presentation Issues: Right after I said this issue had stopped, the sconce lights in 7 (channel 2) are occasionally failing to turn off with the house lights down cue. I removed the second lights down cue from the trailer packs so we won't have the issue of the lights turning back on right before the movie starts. We can just make sure they turn off properly at the start of trailers and they will stay off for the feature. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built new trailer packs, an Adult for 9/17 and a Teen for 9/23. New first run playlists with these trailer packs have been built as well. All playlists for 9/17-9/23, except Blue Bayou , Boyz N The Hood , and Dear Evan Hansen , have been scheduled. Trailer Updates

To do this evening/ was completed: Completed house checks in all auditoriums. Tech screening for What Awaits Us  was rescheduled to tomorrow morning. Presentation Issues: Slight focus issue in T2 (bottom right corner of screen). Not very distracting once an image is on screen but is noticeable when alignment charts are tested. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received and ingested The Eyes of Tammy Faye and keys for Fellowship of the Ring . Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: I changed  the masking for The   Card Counter from 1.66 to 1.85 as there are flashbacks framed for 1.85 and I thought those might fill up more of the frame and/or bleed over the curtains, but the whole film is in fact cropped for 1.66, so those 1.85 flashback sequences are letterboxed within the 1.66 masking. I readjusted the playlist lens/masking change cues so the film will play normally in future shows. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Tried downloading new content for Language Lessons  via Chrome. At the time I left the building the download was stuck at 94.8% where it had been for several hours after I started it. This was the second time of the night this download proved unsuccessful as the first file failed to ingest into the TMS. It might be worth stopping the progress on this current download and starting again. O

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingest both DCPs for the Beyond event on Wednesday from the DCPII drive and send both to Theater 1 to be teched on Monday. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled the Language Lessons playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received another Eyes of Tammy Faye poster Ordering/Receiving (content): The DCP we received for the Beyond event didn't contain the full documentary, so the host brought over the file of the full thing along with the concert footage for the screening. Both are being made into DCPs. Received the drive for Cry Macho, we'll wait to ingest this until Fellowship can be deleted. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Teched Langauge Lessons , playlist is all set. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes, tracking for Tammy Faye added and info for Language Lessons . Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled playlists for 9/16. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Private film premiere and Q&A in Theater 1, went great! Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received Cry Macho and Prisoners of the Ghostland posters. Ordering/Receiving (content): Received Language Lessons through a download link. The download has taken several hours but should end around 11:30, so Jack can start the ingest before leaving. The file is unencrypted so there's no need for keys. We also got the DCP for What Awaits Us , next week's Music Driven screening. The drive we got didn't seem to be formatted to be read by the TMS so I copied the DCP to our DCPII drive. Since Language Lessons was already downloading to this drive when I copied it, this will be ingested along with Language Lessons when that finishes downloading. Fellowship of the Ring DCP and new Trail Mix drives came in. Fel

To do this evening/ was completed: Dolby CaptiView in Theater 2 is working again. I didn't realize this but the CaptiView devices connect to a USB plugin (looks like a flash drive) that plugs into the side of the projector. We used to have trouble getting them to connect from inside Theater 2 (we would have to take them up to the booth to get them to connect), so someone (guessing Michael back before we closed) used a USB cable to extend the plugin through an opening by the port glass into the theater. Long story short, the cable got disconnected from the projector, but I plugged it back. Be careful since the cable doesn't have much slack and can easily come unplugged (its the only USB plugged into the side of the projector), if CaptiView stops working in Theater 2 check this first. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled staff screening playlists for The Card Counter and Prisoners of the Ghostland . Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Still waitin

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Gain/volume issues to start with during trivia; the microphone gain was left turned up way too high and the hosts’ unadjusted clip(s) volume didn’t help make matters any better as it was inconsistent from clip to clip. We lost signal from the microphone in the middle of the show but I managed to rework the XLR cables to get it running properly again. I asked the hosts if they wanted to use any of our spare posters for trivia and they declined (tentatively) and asked that we continue to hold onto them for future trivia shows. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Trivia marquee letters taken down and replaced with Fellowship screening date. Posters updated?: C

To do this evening/ was completed: Trivia in Hi-Res, William and I have gone over the set-up and he preset some cables before I left, so we're ready to go for tonight. Trivia should come down from the 14th street side of the marquee. We don't have the text yet for the film shoot on Friday, so it can be replaced with " The Card Counter opens 9/9" for now. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Shang-Chi preshow was switched from Generic Comics to Generic Action since the former has a clip with cursing. Built the Prisoners of the Ghostland playlist. Trailer Updates: Made a new trailer pack for 9/16. Special Events/ AV set up: Went over the tech set-up for Spoons, Toons, and Booze with Michael and Nell. They also looked at Theater 2 to consider having an event in there but decided against it. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Prisoners of the Ghostland came in through Eclair and has been ingested. Still unsure where Lang

To do this evening/ was completed: Three manual starts as marked on the cue sheets. Presentation Issues: Discovered during the first round that the CaptiView connection in Theater 2 has stopped working. I will write DMS about it, I just want to investigate a bit further, test the devices with a few different CPLs and check the assisted listening connection, to get a better sense of where the issue lies before I do. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the NPP September Forecast trailer to all first run preshows. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Made a DCP slide with the poster for What She Said and tested it in theater 1, it's good to go. I'm still awaiting some content for this event. Waiting on a BTS reel (or possibly just a slideshow) which will screen in Hi-Res during the afterparty and a playlist of some kind for the preshow. These will probably be sent to my e-mail, if something comes through when I'm not here I'll let everyone know so files can be saved/chec

To do this evening/ was completed: Marquee changes in the Weekend Review email sent out to projection. Jungle Cruise and Protege posters should come down as well, put up Roadrunner in the Jungle Cruise spot and place Dear Evan Hansen  in the empty case on the 14th street side with a Coming Soon snipe. Check on What She Said ingest and let me know if it completes successfully. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built first run playlists for the trailer changes on 9/9 and scheduled them. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): New Trail Mix drive came in. Ordering/Receiving (content): Content for the private event on 9/9 was dropped off. The ingest failed however after 80 minutes. I'm trying it one more time and if it doesn't work I'll write the hosts about the issue. The Card Counter DCP should be arriving tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Jungle Cruise , Protege , and old Trail Mix drives are ready for pic

To do this evening/ was completed: Mulholland Drive can come down from the 14th street side of the marquee, and the Poet's Table text for 9/4 can go up in its place. The marquee should read: The Poet's Table Live Event on Sept 4 Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled the Roadrunner playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Mulholland Drive one night only screening in Theater 1 tonight. Fully automated and ready to go. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Eternals . Ordering/Receiving (content): Roadrunner DCP drive came in, feature has been ingested. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Since The Card Counter has a 1.66:1 aspect ratio, I checked the 1.66 lens file and masking in each house. The lens file is set in all houses, and the masking is set in all except 5, which does not have enough curtain to go past 1.78, so if the film is pro